Action
(n.) A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest |
Action
(n.) An act |
Action
(n.) The event or connected series of events, either real or imaginary, forming the subject of a play, poem, or other composition |
Action
(n.) Movement |
Action
(n.) Effective motion |
Action
(n.) Any one of the active processes going on in an organism |
Action
(n.) Gesticulation |
Action
(n.) The attitude or position of the several parts of the body as expressive of the sentiment or passion depicted. |
Action
(n.) A suit or process, by which a demand is made of a right in a court of justice |
Action
(n.) A right of action |
Action
(n.) A share in the capital stock of a joint-stock company, or in the public funds |
Action
(n.) An engagement between troops in war, whether on land or water |
Action
(n.) The mechanical contrivance by means of which the impulse of the player's finger is transmitted to the strings of a pianoforte or to the valve of an organ pipe. |
By-interest
(n.) Self-interest |
Claim
(v./.) To ask for, or seek to obtain, by virtue of authority, right, or supposed right |
Claim
(v./.) To proclaim. |
Claim
(v./.) To call or name. |
Claim
(v./.) To assert |
Claim
(v. i.) To be entitled to anything |
Claim
(n.) A demand of a right or supposed right |
Claim
(n.) A right to claim or demand something |
Claim
(n.) The thing claimed or demanded |
Claim
(n.) A loud call. |
Interest
(n.) To engage the attention of |
Interest
(n.) To be concerned with or engaged in |
Interest
(n.) To cause or permit to share. |
Interest
(n.) Excitement of feeling, whether pleasant or painful, accompanying special attention to some object |
Interest
(n.) Participation in advantage, profit, and responsibility |
Interest
(n.) Advantage, personal or general |
Interest
(n.) Premium paid for the use of money, -- usually reckoned as a percentage |
Interest
(n.) Any excess of advantage over and above an exact equivalent for what is given or rendered. |
Interest
(n.) The persons interested in any particular business or measure, taken collectively |
Ownership
(n.) The state of being an owner |
Possessory
(a.) Of or pertaining to possession, either as a fact or a right |
Self-action
(n.) Action by, or originating in, one's self or itself. |
Self-interest
(n.) Private interest |
Title
(n.) An inscription put over or upon anything as a name by which it is known. |
Title
(n.) The inscription in the beginning of a book, usually containing the subject of the work, the author's and publisher's names, the date, etc. |
Title
(n.) The panel for the name, between the bands of the back of a book. |
Title
(n.) A section or division of a subject, as of a law, a book, specif. (Roman & Canon Laws), a chapter or division of a law book. |
Title
(n.) An appellation of dignity, distinction, or preeminence (hereditary or acquired), given to persons, as duke marquis, honorable, esquire, etc. |
Title
(n.) A name |
Title
(n.) That which constitutes a just cause of exclusive possession |
Title
(n.) The instrument which is evidence of a right. |
Title
(n.) That by which a beneficiary holds a benefice. |
Title
(n.) A church to which a priest was ordained, and where he was to reside. |
Title
(n.) To call by a title |
Title-page
(n.) The page of a book which contains it title. |
act
deed
human action
human activity | something that people do or cause to happen |
| action | something done (usually as opposed to something said), there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions |
course
course of action | a mode of action, if you persist in that course you will surely fail, once a nation is embarked on a course of action it becomes extremely difficult for any retraction to take place |
| maneuver manoeuvre evasive action | an action aimed at evading an opponent |
assumption
laying claim | the act of taking possession of or power over something, his assumption of office coincided with the trouble in Cuba, the Nazi assumption of power in , he acquired all the company's assets for ten million dollars and the assumption of the company's debts |
performance
execution carrying out carrying into action | the act of performing, of doing something successfully, using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it, they criticised his performance as mayor, experience generally improves performance |
pastime
interest pursuit | a diversion that occupies one's time and thoughts (usually pleasantly), sailing is her favorite pastime, his main pastime is gambling, he counts reading among his interests, they criticized the boy for his limited pursuits |
| action | the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field, the action is no longer in technology stocks but in municipal bonds, gawkers always try to get as close to the action as possible |
possession
ownership | the act of having and controlling property |
reflex
reflex response
reflex action
instinctive reflex
innate reflex
inborn reflex
unconditioned reflex
physiological reaction | an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus |
military action
action | a military engagement, he saw action in Korea |
| police action | a local military action without declaration of war, against violators of international peace and order |
replay
instant replay
action replay | the immediate rebroadcast of some action (especially sports action) that has been recorded on videotape |
| claim | demand for something as rightful or due, they struck in support of their claim for a shorter work day |
| insurance claim | demand for payment in accordance with an insurance policy |
| group action | action taken by a group of people |
conveyance
conveyance of title
conveyancing
conveying | act of transferring property title from one person to another |
| direct action | a protest action by labor or minority groups to obtain their demands |
legal action
action action at law | a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another, one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong |
| action | an act by a government body or supranational organization, recent federal action undermined the segregationist position, the United Nations must have the power to propose and organize action without being hobbled by irrelevant issues, the Union action of emancipating Southern slaves |
class action
class-action suit | a lawsuit brought by a representative member of a large group of people on behalf of all members of the group |
| civil action | legal action to protect a private civil right or to compel a civil remedy (as distinguished from criminal prosecution) |
| job action | a temporary action by workers to protest management decision or to make demands |
Abstract Expressionism
action painting | a New York school of painting characterized by freely created abstractions, the first important school of American painting to develop independently of European styles |
action
action mechanism | the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism, the piano had a very stiff action |
arena
scene of action | a playing field where sports events take place |
| baggage claim | an area in an airport where arriving passengers can collect the luggage that has been carried in the hold of the aircraft |
| delayed action | a mechanism that automatically delays the release of a camera shutter for a fixed period of time so that the photographer can appear in the picture |
| piano action | action consisting of a system of levers that move a felt hammer to strike the strings when a key is depressed |
pump action
slide action | action mechanism in a modern rifle or shotgun, a back and forward motion of a sliding lever ejects the empty shell case and cocks the firearm and loads a new round |
egoism
egocentrism
self-interest
selfoncern
selfenteredness | concern for your own interests and welfare |
opportunism
self-interest self-seeking
expedience | taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others |
| action | the trait of being active and energetic and forceful, a man of action |
sake
interest | a reason for wanting something done, for your sake, died for the sake of his country, in the interest of safety, in the common interest |
| claim title | an informal right to something, his claim on her attentions, his title to fame |
title
claim | an established or recognized right, a strong legal claim to the property, he had no documents confirming his title to his father's estate, he staked his claim |
| right of action | the legal right to sue |
| interest interestingness | the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.), they said nothing of great interest, primary colors can add interest to a room |
interest
involvement | a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something, an interest in music |
possibility possible action
opening | a possible alternative, bankruptcy is always a possibility |
impossibility
impossible action | an alternative that is not available |
| law of mass action | (chemistry) the law that states the following principle: the rate of a chemical reaction is directly proportional to the molecular concentrations of the reacting substances |
third law of motion
Newton's third law of motion
Newton's third law
law of action and reaction | action and reaction are equal and opposite |
| plan of action | a plan for actively doing something |
employee stock ownership plan
ESOP | a program under which employees regularly accumulate shares and may ultimately assume control of the company |
title role
name part | the role of the character after whom the play is named |
mass-action principle
mass action | (neurology) the principle that the cortex of the brain operates as a coordinated system with large masses of neural tissue involved in all complex functioning |
| title page | a page of a book displaying the title and author and publisher |
half title
bastard title | a first page of some books displaying only the title of the book |
title title of respect
form of address | an identifying appellation signifying status or function: e.g. `Mr.' or `General', the professor didn't like his friends to use his formal title |